With 917 parking spaces in a new four-story covered garage coming to Fresno Yosemite International Airport in 14 months, city officials expect big things. "This project is a game-changer for Fresno," Mayor Lee Brand said at a groundbreaking ceremony this morning. Listen to this article: The $29 million parking garage is part...
Winning Bid For PLA-Build of Herrera Elementary Is $3M Under Estimate
Fresno Unified trustees gave the green light this week to a $37.6 million construction bid for the new Juan Felipe Herrera Elementary School in southeast Fresno. Trustee Elizabeth Jonasson Rosas made a point of asking how the bid compared with prior estimates. Chief operations officer Karin Temple said the winning...
State Center Trustees Approve PLA for West Fresno Campus
Update: The trustees approved the project labor agreement at Tuesday's board meeting. Last night our board voted to invest in our community, & more specifically, our SCCCD graduates. This PLA will put our graduates to work on the West Fresno Campus, enrolls grads into apprenticeship programs, and includes local hire...
State Center Trustees Consider PLA for West Fresno Campus
State Center Community College District trustees are considering a project labor agreement for the West Fresno Campus that gives hiring priority for construction trades jobs to State Center-trained apprentices and graduates. The agreement also gives priority for subcontracting jobs to businesses owned by State Center graduates, in what is called...
Fresno Unified to Vote on PLA for New Elementary School
Fresno Unified trustees on Wednesday will consider inking an agreement that guarantees workers building a new elementary school in southeast Fresno will come from union hiring halls. If approved by the board, the project labor agreement will be included in the construction contract for Juan Felipe Herrera Elementary School. Critics...
Should Fresno Unified Use PLAs to Build Schools?
The Fresno Unified School Board continues to grapple with whether to use project labor agreements for upcoming school construction projects such as the new southeast elementary school. Indecision about the agreements, which are supported by labor unions but opposed by general contractors and business owners, has pushed the school's opening...
Will FUSD's Newest Elementary Be Ready by 2021? Maybe Not.
The first day of classes at a new elementary school in southeast Fresno might have to be pushed back to August 2022 unless Fresno Unified School District soon advertises for bids on the $44 million project, a district administrator warns. Listen to this article: The advertisements were put on hold...
Airport Labor Pact Wins Unanimous Council Support
Update, 6/27/2019, 4 p.m.: The Fresno City Council unanimously passed the airport project labor agreement Thursday. Council members said they expect the expansion project to be performed on time and with no budget overages. Original story: Supporters of a labor deal for the $115 million parking and terminal expansion at...
Is Clovis Economic Boom Headed for Slow Down?
At tonight’s Clovis council meeting (March 4), the board will hear a five-year economic forecast. The report indicates trouble looming: “The General Fund forecast continues to be much more constrained during the forecast period than it has been during recent years … sales tax is projected to grow at a...